Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

A total of 127 countries share rank 1 with 100% rural access to electricity, ranging from large economies such as the United States and China to smaller territories such as Aruba and Bermuda. At the opposite end, Chad ranks 210th with just 0.4% of its rural population having access to electricity. The gap between the top and bottom of this ranking spans nearly the full possible range of the metric.

Energy category

Ranking 2023

Values shown in %.

Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
Rank	Country	%
1	Albania	100.00
1	Algeria	100.00
1	Andorra	100.00
1	Antigua and Barbuda	100.00
1	Argentina	100.00
1	Armenia	100.00
1	Aruba	100.00
1	Australia	100.00
1	Austria	100.00
1	Azerbaijan	100.00
1	Bahamas	100.00
1	Bahrain	100.00
1	Barbados	100.00
1	Belarus	100.00
1	Belgium	100.00
1	Bermuda	100.00
1	Bhutan	100.00
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.00
1	British Virgin Islands	100.00
1	Brunei	100.00
1	Bulgaria	100.00
1	Canada	100.00
1	Cayman Islands	100.00
1	Chile	100.00
1	China	100.00
1	Costa Rica	100.00
1	Croatia	100.00
1	Cuba	100.00
1	Curaçao	100.00
1	Cyprus	100.00
1	Czechia	100.00
1	Denmark	100.00
1	Dominica	100.00
1	Egypt	100.00
1	Estonia	100.00
1	Faroe Islands	100.00
1	Finland	100.00
1	France	100.00
1	French Polynesia	100.00
1	Georgia	100.00
1	Germany	100.00
1	Gibraltar	100.00
1	Greece	100.00
1	Greenland	100.00
1	Guam	100.00
1	Guatemala	100.00
1	Hong Kong	100.00
1	Hungary	100.00
1	Iceland	100.00
1	Iran	100.00
1	Iraq	100.00
1	Ireland	100.00
1	Isle of Man	100.00
1	Israel	100.00
1	Italy	100.00
1	Japan	100.00
1	Jordan	100.00
1	Kazakhstan	100.00
1	South Korea	100.00
1	Kuwait	100.00
1	Kyrgyzstan	100.00
1	Latvia	100.00
1	Lebanon	100.00
1	Liechtenstein	100.00
1	Lithuania	100.00
1	Luxembourg	100.00
1	Macao	100.00
1	Malaysia	100.00
1	Maldives	100.00
1	Malta	100.00
1	Marshall Islands	100.00
1	Mauritius	100.00
1	Moldova	100.00
1	Monaco	100.00
1	Mongolia	100.00
1	Montenegro	100.00
1	Morocco	100.00
1	Nauru	100.00
1	Netherlands	100.00
1	New Caledonia	100.00
1	New Zealand	100.00
1	North Macedonia	100.00
1	Northern Mariana Islands	100.00
1	Norway	100.00
1	Oman	100.00
1	Palau	100.00
1	Poland	100.00
1	Portugal	100.00
1	Puerto Rico	100.00
1	Qatar	100.00
1	Romania	100.00
1	Russia	100.00
1	Samoa	100.00
1	San Marino	100.00
1	Saudi Arabia	100.00
1	Serbia	100.00
1	Seychelles	100.00
1	Singapore	100.00
1	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00
1	Slovakia	100.00
1	Slovenia	100.00
1	Spain	100.00
1	Sri Lanka	100.00
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	100.00
1	Saint Lucia	100.00
1	Saint Martin (French part)	100.00
1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100.00
1	Sweden	100.00
1	Switzerland	100.00
1	Tajikistan	100.00
1	Thailand	100.00
1	Timor-Leste	100.00
1	Tonga	100.00
1	Tunisia	100.00
1	Türkiye	100.00
1	Turkmenistan	100.00
1	Turks and Caicos Islands	100.00
1	Tuvalu	100.00
1	Ukraine	100.00
1	United Arab Emirates	100.00
1	United Kingdom	100.00
1	United States	100.00
1	Uruguay	100.00
1	Uzbekistan	100.00
1	Venezuela	100.00
1	U.S. Virgin Islands	100.00
1	Palestine	100.00
128	Vietnam	99.80
129	Bangladesh	99.60
129	Bolivia	99.60
131	Paraguay	99.50
132	Belize	99.40
133	India	99.20
134	Mexico	99.10
135	Brazil	99.00
136	Suriname	98.80
137	Indonesia	98.60
138	Fiji	98.30
139	Dominican Republic	98.20
140	Trinidad and Tobago	98.00
141	Philippines	97.60
142	Cabo Verde	96.90
143	El Salvador	96.60
144	Jamaica	96.50
145	Ecuador	95.50
146	Laos	95.20
147	Colombia	94.80
148	Kiribati	94.30
149	South Africa	94.00
150	Cambodia	93.40
150	Nepal	93.40
152	Pakistan	92.80
153	Guyana	91.60
154	Panama	90.70
155	Honduras	88.80
156	Comoros	86.10
157	Peru	85.10
158	Eswatini	84.90
159	Micronesia	83.70
160	Afghanistan	81.40
161	Solomon Islands	81.30
162	Ghana	77.80
163	Yemen	75.30
164	Syria	72.80
165	Nicaragua	71.00
166	Sao Tome and Principe	69.60
167	Myanmar	68.80
168	Kenya	67.90
169	Rwanda	57.90
170	Senegal	56.50
171	Sudan	54.00
171	Vanuatu	54.00
173	Zimbabwe	51.40
174	Côte d'Ivoire	48.00
175	Lesotho	45.20
176	Benin	43.70
177	Ethiopia	43.60
178	Uganda	42.40
179	Eritrea	37.10
180	Djibouti	37.00
181	Gambia	35.30
182	Namibia	34.10
183	Nigeria	32.90
184	Togo	30.50
185	Gabon	29.00
186	Tanzania	27.90
187	Cameroon	26.00
188	Guinea	25.70
189	Botswana	25.00
190	Somalia	23.90
191	Mali	22.70
192	Guinea-Bissau	20.70
193	Sierra Leone	19.00
194	Zambia	17.60
195	Madagascar	14.60
196	Papua New Guinea	13.40
197	Republic of Congo	10.80
198	Niger	10.40
199	Liberia	9.30
200	Mozambique	8.90
201	Angola	7.30
202	Malawi	6.10
203	Haiti	2.90
204	Equatorial Guinea	2.40
205	Burundi	2.30
205	Central African Republic	2.30
207	Burkina Faso	2.00
208	South Sudan	1.80
209	DR Congo	1.00
210	Chad	0.40

Analysis

This metric measures the share of the rural population with access to electricity, expressed as a percentage. The World Bank defines it as follows: 'Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.' It is drawn from World Bank World Development Indicators (indicator code EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS) using 2023 data. The metric covers 210 countries, all reporting official data, with 99.0% providing figures specifically for 2023. Because the metric measures access rather than reliability or quality of supply, a country where rural households receive electricity intermittently may still record a high value.

At the top of the ranking, 127 countries report 100% rural electricity access, sharing rank 1. These include high-income economies across Europe, North America, and East Asia, as well as several middle-income countries such as Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkiye, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The breadth of countries at 100% reflects that full rural electrification has been achieved across a wide range of income levels and geographies. Immediately below, Viet Nam ranks 128th at 99.8%, followed by Bangladesh and Bolivia (rank 129, 99.6%), and Paraguay (rank 131, 99.5%).

Further down the ranking, large countries show notable variation. India ranks 133rd at 99.2%, Brazil 135th at 99.0%, and Indonesia 137th at 98.6%. The lower middle of the ranking includes Kenya at rank 168 with 67.9%, Rwanda at rank 169 with 57.9%, and Senegal at rank 170 with 56.5%. The bottom of the ranking is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. Congo, Dem. Rep. ranks 209th at 1.0%, and Chad ranks last at 0.4%. Notable is Equatorial Guinea at rank 204 with just 2.4%, and Haiti at rank 203 with 2.9%, which stands out as the only country in the Western Hemisphere outside the top 154.

This metric has several limitations specific to rural electricity access. Access is a binary threshold in most reporting methodologies: a household either has access or does not, regardless of supply hours per day, voltage stability, or affordability. Self-reported national data may use varying definitions of 'rural' across countries, affecting cross-country comparability. Countries with very small rural populations relative to total population may report 100% without that figure representing large absolute numbers of people. Conversely, countries with large rural populations where access is partial represent far greater absolute numbers without access. The ranking does not capture electricity quality, cost, or reliability.

Methodology

This metric uses World Bank World Development Indicators indicator code EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS, defined as: 'Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.' Values are expressed as a percentage of the rural population. The dataset covers 210 countries, with 208 of 210 countries (99.0%) reporting data from 2023 and 209 of 210 (99.5%) reporting data from within the last seven years. All 100% of datapoints are classified as official quality. No extreme outliers were detected using a 3-sigma threshold. The average year-over-year change across the dataset is 6.9%, well within the 50% volatility threshold. Values range from 0.40% (Chad, rank 210) to 100% (rank 1, shared by 127 countries), representing a 24,900% spread across the full ranking.

Sources

World Bank